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Authorised form of name	Vieussens; Raymond (c1635 - 1715); physician and anatomist
Dates	c1635 - 1715
Nationality	French
Place of birth	Vigan, France, Europe
Date of birth	c. 1635
Place of death	Montpellier, France, Europe
Date of death	16 August 1715
Occupation	Physician
Research field	Anatomy
Activity	Education: Montpellier (MD 1670) Career: Practised in Montpellier; Physician at the Hotel Dieu-St Eloi, Montpellier (1670-death); left Montpellier on several occasions to treat important people in Paris; Royal Physician; Personal Physician to the Duchesse de Montpensier (1690-1693); Councillor of State (1707) Memberships: Academie des Sciences
Membership category	Fellow
Date of election	30/11/1688
Proposer	Edward Tyson
Other Royal Society activity	Proposed on 21 November 1688; Regular correspondent on anatomical observations; Had some correspondence published in the 'Philosophical Transactions' (1698/99)
Relationships	Parents: Francois Vieussens Married: Elisabeth Peyret Children: twelve in total, incl. two royal physicians
PublishedWorks	RCN: R65055 RCN: R65056 RCN: R66809 RCN: R66810 RCN: R66811 RCN: R65079
OtherInfo	Vieussens' work was influenced by Thomas Willis' (FRS 1663) recent publications on the brain and the nervous system. Vieussens is most remembered for his contributions to cardiology and several anatomical structures were named after him before they were replaced by clinical nomenclature, e.g. Vieussen's ganglia is now the celiac ganglia. Similarly, he described what became known as Vieussens' foramina in the right atrium of the heart, although they are more commonly known as Thebesian foramina nowadays. Vieussens is further credited with developing the realm of pathological anatomy, which was carried on by William and John Hunter (both FRS 1767) in the 18th century.
Source	Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; Hunter; Ghosh Ghosh, S K et al. 2021. 'Raymond de Vieussens (1641–1715): connoisseur of cardiologic anatomy and pathological forms thereof', in Anatomical Cell Biology, vol. 54(4), pp. 417-423 Kellet, C E. 1942. 'The life and work of Raymond de Vieussens', in Annals of Medical History, vol. 4, pp. 31-54 Loukas, M et al. 2007. 'Raymond de Vieussens', in Anatomical Science International, vol. 82, pp. 233-236 Notes: Dates of birth and death from DSB. Kellet has 1641 as year of birth. AssocMaterial: Correspondence of Raymond Vieussens from various repositories is listed in the Early Modern Letters Online catalogue: http://emlo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/profile/person/06d14db5-9fd0-4fc0-aed4-da0afbb3ec03
Virtual International Authority File	http://viaf.org/viaf/23083871
Code	NA866

Archives associated with this Fellow

RefNo	Title	Date
LBO/15/56	Copy etter from Raymond Vieussens to the Royal Society	20 March 1714
EL/V/48	Translation of a letter, from Raymund Vieussens to Dr Manget	1714
EL/V/44	Letter, from Raymund Vieussens to the Royal Society, dated at Montpellier	20 March 1714
EL/V/43	Letter, from Raymund Vieussens to the Royal Society, dated at Montpellier	1 June 1698
EL/V/47	Letter, from Raymund Vieussens to Dr Manget, dated at Montpellier	15 March 1714
EL/V/42	Letter, from Raymund Vieussens to the Royal Society, dated at Montpellier	3 August 1698
EL/V/39	Letter, from [Raymund] Vieussens [to the Royal Society], dated at Montpellier	18 May 1698
EL/V/40	Letter, from Raymund Vieussens to the Royal Society	3 June 1698
EL/V/41	Letter, from [Raymund] Vieussens [to the Royal Society], dated at Montpellier	6 June 1698
EL/V/46	Letter, from Raymund Vieussens to the Royal Society	20 March 1714
EL/V/38	Letter, from Raymund Vieussens to the Royal Society, dated at Montpellier	nd
CLP/14i/53	Paper, 'Responsio almi collegii romanorum archyatrorum ad epistolas clarissimi D Raymundi Vieussens' by Jo Mariam [Giovanni Maria] Lancisi	February 1699
EL/V/45	Translation of letters from Raymund Vieussens to the Royal Society, dated at Montpellier	1714

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